Chapter 1867 Chapter 1867 Talking About Comedy

"You... you are... Hugo?" The audience next to them finally turned their eyes and recognized the superstar in front of them. Even the dim lights of the bar did not affect their vision, almost without any difficulty Just recognized the face.

Hugo smiled cautiously, "I hope my real person doesn't disappoint you." Although Hugo has no fear of the crowd, every time he gets caught in the crowd, there will always be commotion, which makes it inevitable for Hugo Some nervous.

"Wow, to be honest, I just watched the video of 'Yihai Xiongfeng' last week, and my performance was really wonderful." The chubby middle-aged man next to him had an excited expression between his brows, but Without any drastic actions, he clearly expressed his inner emotions, "Few actors can not lose in front of Jack, but in fact, you did it, man, you really did it, that scene in court, You even screwed Jack up. God, that scene got me and my friends talking about it for a week, it was amazing."

Hugo was a little shy by the man's face-to-face praise, and smiled awkwardly. The man quickly realized his gaffe, and quickly apologized, "Oh, sorry, I was too excited. I believe there will be many people Having complimented you, I was just...too excited."

"No, that's not the case." Hugo waved his hands again and again, "I just hope I don't get too complacent, my tail is already up, so I try my best to restrain my inner joy." Hugo's words made everyone laugh.

Only then did the middle-aged man feel relieved, and then exchanged with Hugo about several scenes in "Yihai Heroes", and carefully analyzed the context of the whole story and Hugo's shaping of the characters with Hugo. Of course, Hugo's acting skills during the filming of "Yihai Xiongfeng" were still not great, so there were indeed many shortcomings, so the whole discussion was extremely intense. As a result, several viewers gathered around and expressed their opinions one after another, from "Yihai Heroes" to "Death Row Walk", from "Pulp Fiction" to "Schindler's List", and even discussed "Death Poetry". Society", the whole scene is very lively.

"Gentlemen, gentlemen!" Helen patted her hands, "I am today's heroine, okay? You should discuss it with me." Immediately, the audience expressed their apologies to Helen, and Helen turned her head. Looking at Hugo, Hugo thought that Helen would discuss the play just now, but instead of Helen, he asked, "So, Mr. Lancaster, you can tell me, why did you play in 'Before Sunrise'?" The description of love is so delicate? So that my girlfriends and I are still intoxicated in that story."

Hugo couldn't help being stunned, raised his voice with doubts in his eyes, and said in a rhetorical tone, "Because I'm a good man?" This humor made everyone clap their hands and laugh.

After all the audience dispersed, it was already three quarters of an hour later, Hugo looked at Helen who was still wearing a costume in front of him, and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I haven't invited you to sit down until now, it's really too late. excuse me."

"No, of course not." Helen waved her hands again and again, "In fact, every performance, my favorite is this time, we start talking about drama, and then talk about any topic related to acting and drama, everyone publishes My own opinion makes people feel that life is so fulfilling." Speaking of this, Helen paused, "I'm not sure if you believe it, but for me, acting comes from life."

"Of course." Hugo nodded affirmatively, "In my opinion, everyone is qualified to talk about acting skills. Not everyone is a professional, but every point of view is fresh. Of course, this kind of It is difficult to find a correct direction because there are not many professional audiences."

Helen raised her eyebrows, drew a smile at the corner of her mouth, and nodded her chin slightly, "I have to agree with your point of view. In fact, if you go to New York, the real fixed Broadway audience is less than 30,000, which is enough; But in L.A., it might be even less, which is a tough situation for theater."

"Everyone is trying to make movies because movies can make money, but they ignore that movies have their origins in theater, and if you want to make really good movies—I mean whether it's commercial movies or artistic movies. Movies require in-depth study of drama, which is a very important process of accumulation." Hugo's words made Helen show a surprised expression, barely concealing the suspicion in his eyes, and Hugo laughed, "Let's put it this way. , I have a very respected elder, I don’t want to admit that it is my teacher, but...he did teach me the importance of drama. Reading the script of a stage play is actually a very interesting thing.” Hugo said It was Ernst.

"This is really rare." Helen sighed, "You know, people are too impetuous now, and they can't always settle down. Many times, I envy the strict class system of British actors..." Helen chose He raised his eyebrows and looked at Hugo, "You know that system, right?"

"You mean the process of 'Academy-East End-Weird Characters-Mainstream Films'?" Hugo's answer made Helen nod repeatedly, "Yes, I'm not saying that this is necessarily correct, such a system is also It has been derailed by the times. However, the emphasis that British actors place on stage skills is worthy of recognition."

"Americans like Konstantin Stanislavski, not Benua Gogran." The former is an advocate of Methodism, while the latter is a representative actor of Expressionism. Hugo's research on this aspect is also very thorough, so as soon as the words came out, Helen was stunned, and then nodded, "Yes..." Then he nodded several times, "Yes, that's it! "

"You know, about three days ago, an amateur actor and I discussed a serious issue. He asked me how to act well in comedy!" Helen took the initiative to start a topic, and even raised her hand excitedly, expressing with gestures own enthusiasm. Hugo opened his mouth, originally intending to say "I am also curious about this question", but after thinking about it, he choked and let Helen continue to say, "After I heard this question, I thought it was a very ridiculous question , this is really unprofessional, and then I quarreled with him directly, because I think performances should not be limited by subject matter and form, and the most important thing is to integrate into the characters. But later, he convinced me, he emphasized: If you use methods to send acting skills, then indeed, you only need to integrate into the characters. Whether it is comedy or horror, the effect of the performance is the same, because we all know that it is the plot that is responsible for making the audience laugh or scaring the audience. The story, not the actors. Of course -- Jim Carrey was an exception, and 'The Shining' was an exception."

Hugo chuckled lightly at Helen's words, "But for most method actors, they don't need to distinguish themes, they just need to integrate into the characters to achieve the purpose of performance. However, there is a problem here , Because method actors are integrated into the characters, they do not have their own style, and they have no way to give different effects to different themes. Comedy is still comedy, but the actors seem to be dissociated, and they can only rely on the wisdom of the script to give comedy humor. That's a disaster for comedy, which is why there haven't been many comedians worth mentioning in recent years outside of Jim Carrey, Billy Crystal and Robin Williams."

"Really good comedians should know how to act expressively, because they need to endow their lines with charm at the right time-this is acting, but also an actor's personality, such as Kerry's exaggeration, such as Chris The sharpness of Tortoise, the saucyness of Williams, for example, that little bit of quality that gives the comedy a very different style and makes it great."

Helen's words opened a door in front of Hugo's eyes, and the part that he had been confused about "Truman's World" was pushed away in an instant. In fact, Hugo's comprehension of acting skills has reached a new height, all he needs is a little inspiration, and now, the whole script of "The Truman Show" is slowly opening again in Hugo's mind, but one by one The same typeface has become completely different.

"So, I later discovered that how to act well in comedy is a difficult problem. Not everyone can be funny, and not everyone can be humorous." Helen talked non-stop, but she didn't realize that she was so Talking a lot, while speaking, she found that one of her saliva splashed onto Hugo's coat collar, which immediately made her embarrassed, and when she raised her head, she saw Hugo's pensive expression, which made Helen stop talking, Then she blushed and bit her lower lip lightly, "Sorry, oh God, I was so rude, I can't believe what I just did."

Helen raised her head and glanced at Hugo, then quickly lowered her head, "Oh my God, I should be crazy, I'm absolutely crazy." Not to mention that Hugo is currently the top actor in the United States, and Helen and Hugo are just After meeting for less than an hour, she actually uttered nonsense in front of Hugo—who is she? It was a great shame that she started teaching Hugo, just a small TV actress, and she performed in the underground theater.

Looking at the frustrated Helen in front of him, Hugo showed a big smile, "Oh, believe me, 'Crazy About You' is a very good TV series." "Crazy About You" starring Helen is A comedy through and through, a very good comedy. "Actually, I wanted to ask that question just now..." Helen looked up at Hugo suspiciously, and Hugo chuckled, "Forgive me for being unprofessional, I just want to ask: how to act well in comedy."

Helen froze for a moment, then frowned, lowered her head and covered her cheek with a sad face, "Oh, Jesus Christ, who will save me."